Six members of what is believed to be Scotland’s biggest paedophile ring have been jailed.

The men, traced through their explicit internet chats, were sentenced to prison terms of between two and 17 years after being convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh last month.

top l-r Neil Strachan (to be sentenced at a later date), John Patrick Murphy, James Rennie (to be sentenced at a later date), John Milligan, bottom l-r Ross Phillip Webber, Colin Slaven, Craig Boath, Neil Campbell

Ross Webber, 27, of North Berwick, Craig Boath, 24, from Dundee and John Milligan, 40, from Glasgow, were convicted of conspiring to sexually abuse children.

They were also convicted of making and possessing with intent to distribute indecent images of children, as were Colin Slaven, 24, from Edinburgh and John Murphy, 44, and Neil Campbell, 46, both from Glasgow.

The ringleaders of the gang, Neil Strachan, 41, and James Rennie, 38, will be sentenced at a later date for more serious charges â including the abuse of a baby.